by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
(See attribution below.) Even the smartest small business owner can do dumb things now and then. Unfortunately, some mistakes can kill a company. Just ask Jeff Seifried, small business coordinator for the City of Aurora, Colo., and Peter Tourtellot, chairman of...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | Business Development, General - Entrepreneurship, Performance Management
Small business owners know that when times get tough, tougher business strategies are necessary. And most of the time, that means boosting a company’s productivity level by eliminating inefficiencies. Here are 11 propellants for productivity that will help your...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 24, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups
Successful employers and employees share many personal qualities but there may also be key differences. For example, both employers and employees need a positive attitude, and a good attitude is something that can be nurtured and developed. But the attitude of the...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 17, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Operations
by Chris Hunter | Nov 18, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Management & Motivation, Start-Ups, Strategy
The word “vision” is part of our contemporary business language, yet not every business owner can readily articulate just what their vision for the business is. It’s not just a marketing plan, although these plans have to be based on an appreciation...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 19, 2015 | Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Businesses need to change if they want to grow. Change can be proactive or reactive, but without it everything stays the same and growth is impossible. Many organizations have found to their detriment that it’s unwise to fail to anticipate changes in the...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
There are many reasons why a business might need to find a new location, from the redevelopment of their existing office building to simply outgrowing the capacity of their premises. Whatever the reason, location can be a critical factor in business success and it...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 19, 2015 | Change Management, Franchising, General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
In today’s crowded marketplace, businesses need a competitive edge to be successful. Yet thousands of small businesses fail each year. According to Michael Gerber, Founder and Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide, much of that failure is the result of letting...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 21, 2015 | Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Start-Ups
It’s part of an entrepreneur’s make up to take risks. Launching a new product, entering a new market, or starting a business entails an element of risk that can lead to failure just as it can lead to success. As Benjamin Franklin once said: “The man...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 21, 2015 | Branding, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Marketing, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Business Development, Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Success, they say, is its own reward. In the competitive world of small business, this must be doubly true – financial benefits aside, ‘making it’ is even more satisfying if you have established and grown you business from the outset. But with success comes growth...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Delegation, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups
There are so many risks in small business that it’s impossible to list them all. Many events can put a business out of business and it’s the responsibility of owners and managers to somehow anticipate and deal with them. You’ve probably insured your...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Development, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Operations, Leadership, Project Management, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Mar 29, 2016 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Start-Ups
Consultants are among the most independent of business people. They usually possess a certain skill or knowledge that qualifies them as “experts” but often it’s the case that these experts have to work pretty hard to find clients that will pay them...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Business Development, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Operations, Leadership, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Strategy
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Management & Motivation
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | Change Management, General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Fail & What to Do About It Michael E. Gerber, Publisher: HarperBusiness Michael E. Gerber is founder and CEO of E-Myth Worldwide, based in Santa Rosa, California. He is the bestselling author of The E-Myth...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 21, 2015 | Franchising, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership, Start-Ups
Everyone wants to be a successful entrepreneur, which is why the management and self-help sections of bookshops are full books with titles like “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. But the term entrepreneur is a vague one, which can mean different...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 25, 2015 | Business Plans, Cash Flow Management & Modeling, General - Entrepreneurship, General - Personal Growth & Leadership, Leadership
You’ll recognize the familiar way to tell an optimist from a pessimist. Give each a glass of water filled to the halfway point and ask them to describe it. The optimist says the glass is “half full”, the pessimist says it’s “half...
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups
by Chris Hunter | Nov 22, 2015 | General - Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property
IP is intellectual property, and a surprising number of small businesses have it but don’t really know what to do with it. More important, many smaller businesses that have IP don’t protect it, and that can mean it’s going to be taken away by a...
Chris’ combination of academic credentials, career experience and temperament ideally suit his calling as a business development advisor. Clients say he has a mind for business and a heart for service.